Ted Nugent
Born December 13, 1948, Detroit, Michigan, Ted Nugent is an American rock musician and guitarist who has been performing since the 1960s. He is known for his energetic live performances and his signature guitar sound, which often features heavy distortion and feedback.
Nugent first gained fame as a member of the Amboy Dukes, a Detroit-based psychedelic rock band that formed in the mid-1960s. The Amboy Dukes had a number of hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including "Journey to the Center of the Mind" and "Baby Please Don't Go."
After leaving the Amboy Dukes, Nugent launched a successful solo career, releasing a string of popular albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His music often features a mix of hard rock, blues, and heavy metal, and he is known for his distinctive guitar solos and high-energy performances.
The Royal High Boys
(1960 - 1961)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Tom Noel - drums
The Lourds (1962 - 1964)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Tom Noel - drums
- John Finley - guitar
- Pete Primm - bass
- John Drake - vocals
The Amboy Dukes I (1967 - 1968)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- John Drake -
vocals
- Steve Farmer -
guitar
- Bill White - bass
- Rick Lober -
keyboards
- Dave Palmer - drums
Album:
- "The
Amboy Dukes" (1967) - Single: "Baby
Please Don't Go"
The Amboy Dukes II
(1968 - 1969)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- John Drake -
vocals
- Steve Farmer -
guitar
- Dave Palmer - drums
- Greg Arama - bass
- Andy Solomon -
keyboards - formerly with Apostles.
Album:
- "Journey
to the Center of the Mind" (1968) - Single: "Journey to the Center of the Mind"
The Amboy Dukes III
(1969 - 1971)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Steve Farmer -
guitar
- Dave Palmer - drums
- Greg Arama - bass
- Andy Solomon -
keyboards
- Rusty Day - vocals
- b. Russell Edward Davidson; d. June
3, 1982, Orlando, Florida - formerly with Rusty Day and the
Midnighters.
Albums:
- "Migration"
(1969)
- "Marriage
on the Rocks / Rock Bottom" (1969)
Rusty Day joins Cactus.
Ted Nugent and the
Amboy Dukes I (1971 - ? )
- Ted Nugent - guitar/vocals
- Andy Solomon -
keyboards/sax/vocals
- Rob Grange - bass
- K. J. Knight -
drums/vocals
Album:
- "Survival
of the Fittest - Live" (live) (1971)
Ted Nugent and the
Amboy Dukes II ( ? - 1974)
- Ted Nugent - guitar/vocals
- Rob Grange - bass
- Andy Jezowski -
vocals
- Vic Mastrianni -
drums/percussion
Albums:
- "Call
of the Wild" (1973)
- "Tooth,
Fang & Claw" (1974)
- "Decades of Destruction"
(2-CDs) (????) - re-issue package of the albums "Call of the Wild"
and "Tooth, Fang
& Claw".
Ted Nugent I (1975 - 1976)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Derek St. Holmes -
guitar/vocals
- Rob Grange - bass
- Steve McRay -
keyboards
- Cliff Davies - drums
Album:
- "Ted
Nugent" (1975)
Ted Nugent II (1976)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Rob Grange - bass
- Steve McRay -
keyboards
- Cliff Davies - drums
- Meat Loaf - vocals
Album:
- "Free-for-All"
(1976)
Ted Nugent III (1976 - 1978)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Rob Grange - bass
- Cliff Davies - drums
- Derek St. Holmes - guitar/vocals
Albums:
- "Cat
Scratch Fever" (1977) - Single: "Cat Scratch Fever"
- "Double
Live Gonzo!" (live) (2-CDs) (1978)
Ted Nugent IV (1978)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Cliff Davies -
drums/vocals
- Charlie Huhn -
guitar/vocals
- David Hull - bass
Album:
- "Weekend
Warriors" (1978)
Ted Nugent V (1979)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Cliff Davies -
drums/vocals
- Charlie Huhn -
guitar/vocals
- Walt Monaghan - bass
Albums:
- "State
of Shock" (1979)
- "Live
at Hammersmith '79" (live) (1997)
Ted Nugent VI (1980 - 1981)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Cliff Davies -
drums/vocals
- Charlie Huhn -
guitar/vocals
- Dave Kiswiney -
bass/vocals
Albums:
- "Scream
Dream" (1980)
- "Intensities
in 10 Cities" (live) (1981)
Ted Nugent VII (1982 - ? )
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Dave Kiswiney -
bass/vocals
- Derek St. Holmes -
guitar/vocals
- Carmine Appice -
drums/percussion/vocals - b. December 15, 1946 - formerly with The
Pigeons;
The Vanilla Fudge; Cactus;
and Beck, Bogert and Appice.
- Donnie Backus -
keyboards
Album:
- "Nugent"
(1982)
Ted Nugent VIII ( ? - ? )
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Doug Lubahn - bass
- formerly with Dreams.
- Alan St. John -
keyboards - formerly with Billy Squier.
- Brian Howe - vocals
- formerly with Bad
Company.
- Bobby Chouinard -
drums - formerly with Billy Squier.
Album:
- "Penetrator"
(1984)
Ted Nugent IX ( ? - ? )
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Dave Amato -
guitar/keyboards/synthesizer/vocals
- Larry Deimer -
keyboards
- Jay Ferguson - bass
- Joe Galdo -
drums/percussion
- Duane Hitchings -
keyboards/drums/percussion - formerly with Cactus / The New Cactus Band.
- David "Hawk" Wolinski
- keyboards - b. Chicago, Illinois, USA -
formerly with The Nomads,
The Shadows of
Knight, Bangor Flying Circus, Madura,
and Rufus (with Chaka Khan).
Album:
- "Little
Miss Dangerous" (1986)
Ted Nugent X ( ? - ? )
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Dave Amato -
guitar/keyboards/synthesizer/vocals
- Charles Wright -
bass
- John Purdell -
keyboards
- Pat Torpey -
drums/vocals
Album:
- "If
You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em" (1988)
Damn Yankees (????
- 1992)
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Tommy Shaw -
guitar/vocals - formerly with Styx.
- Jack Blades -
bass/vocals - formerly with Night
Ranger.
- Michael Cartellone
- drums
Albums:
- "Damn
Yankees" (1990) - Single: "High
Enough"
- "Don't
Tread" (1992) - Singles: "Don't
Tread"; "Where You Goin' Now";
"Silence Is Broken"; "Mister Please"
- "The Essentials"
(2002) - compilation
Ted Nugent XI ( ? - ? )
- Ted Nugent - guitar
- Derek St. Holmes -
vocals
- Michael Lutz -
bass/keyboards/vocals
- Doug Banker -
keyboards
- Denny Carmassi -
drums - formerly with Montrose, Gamma, Sammy Hagar,
Heart,
Whitesnake, and Coverdale-Page.
Album:
- "Spirit
of the Wild" (1995)
Denny Carmassi joins the
reformed 707.
Ted Nugent XII ( ? - ? )
- Ted Nugent - guitar/vocals
- Marco Mendoza - bass
- Tommy Aldridge -
drums - formerly with Whitesnake
and Ozzy Osbourne.
Album:
- "Full
Bluntal Nugity" (live) (2001)
Ted Nugent XIII ( ? - ? )
- Ted Nugent - guitar/vocals
- Marco Mendoza -
bass/vocals/percussion
Albums:
- "Craveman"
(2002)
- "Hunt Music"
(2-CDs) (2004)
Compilations:
- "The
Best of the Original Amboy Dukes" (1970)
- "Great
Gonzos!: The Best of Ted Nugent" (1981)
- "Ultimate
Collection: Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes" (????)
- "Out
of Control" (2-CD box set) (1993)
- "Motor City Madness"
(1996)
- "Loaded
for Bear: The Best of Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes"
(1999)
- "Ted Nugent / Cat
Scratch Fever / Free-for-All" (3-CD box set) - re-issue of 3
classic albums.
- "Noble Savage"
(2-CDs) (2002)
- "The
Ultimate Ted Nugent" (2002)
- "Ted
Nugent's Greatest" (2003)
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